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 I need info on hash 
#294850 - 10/10/09 12:42 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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I've been searching the interwebz and strangely can't find any good info on hash.
I'll be buying Clarke's Hashish book soon and I'm sure that will answer my question, but I'd like to see what you guys have to say.
Say I have a pile of dry sieve that I would like to press. Now I know that pressed is easier and more efficient to smoke/vape than powder. I also know that pressed is better, more connoisseur than powder. But what I don't understand is why that is so...
When you're pressing you're rupturing the resin glands, which leads to thc degradation, correct? So why then is pressed better than powder if when you're pressing you're essentially making a lower quality product? Obviously I'm missing something here and I believe it has to do with the chemistry when you apply heat and pressure to make the hash.
So any good info out there as to what happens to the chemistry, or why it makes it better, when you press the dry sieve rather than just put that in a bowl and torch it?
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 Re: I need info on hash [Re: elcharrosays]
#294887 - 10/10/09 01:48 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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right on!
I was just typing out a post suggesting the same thing haha. Not sure why I didn't think of that in the first place..
Well I guess my question is answered, thanks 
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Re: I need info on hash [Re: elcharrosays]
#294910 - 10/10/09 02:23 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have a habit of wanting to know ALL aspects of the hobbies I partake in.
There are not many knowledgeable sources in my area, so it's good to know these things if the question ever arises right! Or when you come across the know-it-all's who use big scientific words to make their reasoning come off as correct, good to know 
so true nobody! I pressed some last night and the wind blasted through my window blowing it away! Luckily it was already wrapped in plastic waiting to be pressed, whew..
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Re: I need info on hash [Re: elcharrosays]
#294922 - 10/10/09 02:40 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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hahah no no that comment was not directed towards you. I was referring to the ones that *think* they know it all and use big words to justify the crap that's coming out of their mouths.
Kudos back at you for the informed reply while drunk lol
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Re: I need info on hash [Re: Ero42oH2o]
#295559 - 10/11/09 09:36 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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I believe elcharro summed it up pretty well
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elcharrosays said:
the outside edges of the hash are affected by oxidation and degradation. The process of pressing protects the ruptured glands.
I knew that by rupturing the resin heads the actives would oxidize and degrade, so I didn't understand how pressing and rupturing the heads would make a higher quality product than just dry sieve alone. I just wasn't thinking, as elcharro quoted the actives are protected inside the chunk of pressed hash, duh..
But thank you and if I have anymore questions I'll hit you up!
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Re: I need info on hash [Re: Ero42oH2o]
#295917 - 10/12/09 01:45 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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awesome thanks so much for the info, that clarifies a lot!
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Re: I need info on hash [Re: Ero42oH2o]
#296612 - 10/13/09 04:23 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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okay here's a couple questions...
Is there an optimal temperature at which decarboxylation takes place?
Is simply pressing "shoe hash" (wrapping in plastic, sticking in shoe and walking around) enough to fully decarboxylate? Is adding secondary heat necessary, like wrapping the hash and put under hot water, or blow with a hair dryer?
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